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C. CHISHOLM.

ASSEMBLED PRINTING FORM.

APPLICATION mgn APR. 18. ml

Patented Dec. 12, 1922..

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ASSEMBLED PRINTING FORM.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1921.

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C. CHlSHOLM.

ASSEMBLED PRINTING FORM.

APPLICATION HLED APR. 1a. 1921.

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rins wherein the characters are pressed or einhossed on strips reinovahly held on a stitahle holder. The invention is Well athipted tor einhodinient in addressplates, comprising holdin plates lnivingmeans for mounting address printing members thereon, or it ma be embodied in a page printing form.

One of the objects of the inve tion is to provide novel means to hold theimpression nicniher upona holder.

I Q.- liei" object of the"inventi'oi'i to provide in a plate holder, a novel form of fastening means, adapted to secure a strip hearing impression characters, upon the plate holder. y

An additional object oil the if itionis to provide an address plate i th projecting, arranged, series of tongues which are adapted to co-operate with an inipression member to hold it upon the plate holder. J

A further object of the invention is to provide a plate holder having a number of sets of alternately extending tongues, the alternate tongues eri' ing to co-oper ate With a plurality of address printing impression strips to hold the latter in place.

Other objects of the inventionare to provide anovel type of innpression member and suitable means for holding it.

Additional objects oi? the inven ion will .L b be apparent from the follox'ving speoification taken in connection with the accon panyi'ng' drawings, wherein i is a plan of an ai'ldress plate holder constructed aooording to my invention; Figs. 2, 3, 4t, 5,

are sectional views taken on lines 2Z, 3-3, l-t, and 55, respectively, in Fig.1. Fig. 6 is a section of a character strip on an enlarged scale. Fig. 7 is a View similar to that of Fig. 1, showing the impression menihers and identification card mounted upon the address member; Fig. 8 is a side eleven in J lssenihled Printing Forms, 0t which the following This invention relates to assembled printtion otthe'plateholderj FigQQlisYaii end View otthe plat'eholderf; Fig, 10 is a hottom plan view of the plate hol lie; 13 is a perspectivevieiv oitfonef of the iinpres sion strips; 12, 18*,an1d lflfareplans of an addressplate with various arrangenient's oi 'inul't'iple printing member's, illustrating the adaptability "of: this invenftion to various requirenei 's; lfi is an elevation showing my i vention applied to, a cylindrical printingnieinher Fig. l6'is fan end elevation of the *eyl'indrioal' printing member, Fig; 17 is a fraig'hientafy section" thereof. p

Referring" tothed ravv' characters, I havesliovvn 1'0 a plateholdeif V iv'iich may have the generalflshape' offthe. holder. shown in my prior" a1iplication Seri'a1 No. 410,710, filed September 1 1920. The" plate holdeifniay he made from a single sheet of metal and co npi i'se a jhody' iioi'tion 11 having tt'oldedover"upper and lower portions l2 andjfl3. The ends'ot' the: plateholde are shon' nfas be toi jfoi'in rails l 15 ivliich'serve to strengthentheliolder and to space the address plate When stacked. Portions of the plate ahdve the rails "are in dented at 1 6 to pi'ovidenotchesi "toivhich ng'slby, reference wheels carried. by tlieinliing rolle'rs drop to.

be fitted, into these/loops. v n stamped fron thefbody of the plate holder, are shown as cooperatingvzith the folded portion 12 to hold an identifyingcard22in place. An ripen-mi: "spring tongue 28, a stop 2st serve topreventlongitudinal niovenient oi the identifying card. The. plate may be aperturedat 27 so tha the finor apencilonother ohject'may be used to aid in removingthe"identifying card I plurality of projections "30 areprovided on i'nepla te holder. Theseproje"tionsinay he strucrointhehody of the plate holder, Q. "e shoivn as having thei'r edges spaced from the plane the body thereof. The loo projections are arranged in" parallel rows with the projections inioneh ow"directed in an opposite directionfrointhose in/an ad} jacent row, for a purpose to be presently descrihed.

The projections, shownon an enlarged scale in-Fig. 3, may be sheared along three sides from the body portion of the plate, and may be curved, as at 31, to present a portion 32 disposed above and substantially parallel with the face of .theplate. It will be noted that the base of the oppositely facing projections at each row overlap, as shown at 33. The arrangement is such that each pair of alternately disposed projections provides a pair of oppositely facing channels 34 which may extend longitudinally of the plate, or transversely, if desired. Four sets of these pairs of rows of projections are in-, dicated in F i 1, although, if desired, other arrangements maybe provided.

In Fig. 11, I have shown a strip e0 oi": metal or other suitable material having printing characters 41 thereon. The printing characters may be embossed upon the strip 'ormay otherwise provided as desired.

In the enlarged cross sectional view of the strip as shown in Fig. 7, it. will be noted that'the lateral edges of the strip are bent as at 42 to form holding flanges. These flanges.niaycons1st of a series of pro ections or they may be continuous as shown. The

opposite edges of the strip d3 are smooth and lie in a plane substantially parallel to that of the face of the strip. The angle A between the strip and the flange is acute. The inner face a lof the flange is substan tially plane while the outer edge is somewhat curved, as at d5. It will be noted that the.

band joining the flange with the body of the strip is rather sharply defined.

In use, the flangeson the character strip are adapted to engage the flanges of a set of projections 32,as shown in section at B, Fig. 3, It will be noted in this figure that the rear face of the character strip lies par allel to the front face of the struck-up projections and that the flanges on the strip extend beneath the projections.

The printing strips are held in position" by the resiliency of the flanges 42 and the projections 30. The parts are designed so that the impression strips will have the slight binding action upon the r reta ning projections to prevent their becoming accidentally displaced in use. In using the plate holder constructed according to my 11'lV6I1-.

tion, the stripproperly embossed with the desired characters, is arranged adjacent the end of pairofprojections 30 and is then slidalong the plate. until its proper position is reached. Suiiicient space is provided between the contiguous printing strips so that they may readily slideby one another. Suitable stops shown as up struck tongues 50 may be provided to limit the movement of the strip in'one direction.

The plate holder shown in Fig. is indicated as provided with four printing strips,

I one tor the name, the second for the street.

and number, the third for thecity and the fourth for the State. In some'cases, as for example in public service corporations, such as gas companies, the street and number, city and State need not be changed but may be constant, and it may be desired only In another instance it might be desirable to employ a wide strip 7d, Fig. 13, say two lines wide carrying the city and state designation, together with some other indicia 75, while elsewhere on the address plate the name and address might be supplied by line characters, while another designation coverin more than the sin le rintin line L) C! p b may be used, as at 77.

In a different .case, it might be desired to have the city and state carried on one printing strip, as 80, Fig. 14, with. the name and address supplied by individual strips, and in connection with such an arrangement, it might be desired to provide a printingmemher sufliciently wide to extend the full ef-f tective printing width of the character as shown at 81. I

The various arrangements of printing members are merely illustrative of the wide adaptability of my device, and are not intended to be restrictive.

I have found that my invention is well adapted to printing machines, wherein rotating cylinders are provided. In Figs. 15, 16 and 17, I have shown a modified form otmy invention wherein a flexible metal strip 60 is shown as mounted upon a printing drum 61. One end of this strip may be attached to the printing drum. by screws 62, while the other end may be provided with apertures adapted to fit over other screws 62, the arrangement. being such that the metal strip may be readily detachedc The strip 60 may be provided withrows of projections 63, which are adapted to receive character strips 64. The projections and the character strips may be similar to those previously described, and the projections may be arranged so thatthe printing strips extend either parallel to the axis of the roller, or around the roller, or a combination of strips, some of which run around the cylinder and some of which run longitudinally thereof, may be provided. The printing drum shown in Fig. 15 may be used to print circular letters, or for various other purposes, and, if desired, it may be used inconnection with a machine having address plates which supply the proper headling to the letter.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparentthat I have deviseda simple cheaply made, "andwhich is adaptableto a great many diil'erent uses. M I

Having thus clescribedmy lnVGIllSlOIl, I claim:

A printing member comprising an ern bossed strip havln'g flanges bent-inwardly;

behind the strip, and a holder having projections which the strip overlieswith its flanges extending behind the projections.

2. The combinatlon of a holder having a plurality of projections thereon, andaremovable impression member overlying said projections. j A j 3. In a printing device, a body. portion having two rows of projections thereon, the projections in adjacent rows iacingin opposite directions, and their bases overlapping. j j j j 4:. A printing strip holder made of sheet metal and having a plurality of projections thereon, said projections having their extreme portionsspaced from and parallel to said sheet.

5. The combination of a holder having' aplurality of projections spaced thereabove,

and an impression holder member. overlying and secured upon the projections. I j

6. The combination of a holder having a plurality of oppositelydirected retaining projections, and an impression member overlying said projections andflangedtoextend beneath them. i j

7,. In combination, a holder havinga plurality of retaining projections, said projections being staggered and alternately directed in pairs, and an impression member secured to and overlying said projections.

8. A printing device 'c'omprising a printing strip holder having a plurality of retaining projections thereon, said projections being alternately directed in pairs, and a printing member engaging the pairs of alternately directed projections.

9. A holder having a plurality of rows of alternately facing projections thereon and lying thereabove parallel to the body of the holder and connected to the holder by curved portions, and an impression member extending over said projections and having a portion extending beneath the projections.

10. The combination with flanged printing strips, of a holder having a plurality of overhanging projections thereon, said projections being arranged parallel to the holder and the strip flange extending beneath them.

11. The combination of a holder having a plurality of projections each with a portion arranged substantially parallel to the body of the holder and spaced therefrom, and an impression member overlying said projections and secured by having portions extending behind the said portions of the holder.

.12. A printing strip holder having projecin rows parallel to the end edges and to the side edges ofthe holder, the projections in each row; facing in opposite direction to those in an adjoiningrow. j

l3pAn impression strip comprising a bodyportion having edge flanges extending at an angle to thebodyportion and directed toward each other, anda holder having projections behindwvhich said flanges extend.

14. The combination of a holder having a row of struck up projections thereon, and a printing strip adapted to overlie said row and having edge flanges extending behind edges of theprojections overlain.

15/A holder made of sheet metaland having a row of projections struck up therefrom and an embossed printing strip adapted to overlie said projections and having edge flanges to extend beneath them, and said strips being of different, widths and adapted to be interchangeably mounted on the holder by straddling a diii erent number of rows of projections.

16. A device having a plurality of rows of projections, and printing strips held thereby, said strips being of diiierent widths and adapted to be interchangeably mounted on said device.

17. The combination with a holder having a plurality of rows of projections and print ing strips of different widths and each provided with flanged edges, one of said strips straddling one rowof projections and another of said strips straddling a plurality of rows of said projections.

l8 A holder having a plurality of rows of projections struck up therefrom, and a plurality of embossed strips, said strips being adapted to overlie projections and having edge flanges to extend beneath them and said strips being of different Widths and adapted to be interchangeably mounted on the holder by straddling a different number of rows of projections.

19. A holder havinga plurality of rows of raised projections thereon, and printing strips of different widths mounted thereon, the narrower strips engaging oppositely extending edges of projections in one row and projecting edges of projections in difi'erent rows.

20. The combination of a holder having a plurality of rows of struck up projections thereon, and a printing strip adapted to overlie a plurality of rows and having edge flanges extending behind the distant edgesspace between them. v

22. An address plate holder having a pin with, the wide strip having a widthequal to that of the narrower strips ra lity of rows of struck up projections there- 4 on and a printing form mounted on said plate comprising narrow strips embracing a single row and wider strips embracing a plurality of rows'of' such projections.

23. A holder having a plurality of rows of projections, and a printing strip wide enough provided with tongues which extend in opposite directions, and a plurality of printing members of different widths adapted to overlie a different number of rows of projections, said printing members having converg ng edge flanges adapted to extend behind the distant edges of projections.

26. A holder having a plurality of equidistant rows of projections on the face thereof and a plurality of printing members of different widths adapted to be interchangeably mounted thereon, the wider members having a width equal to that of a plurality of narrower members plus the space between plus the idle mg member's adapted to overlie adjacent rows of projections and extend behind them, said rows being so spaced that adjacent printing members are out of contact with each other.

28. The holder comprising a plate having a plurality of parallel rows of struck-up proj ections thereon, and embossed printing strips held thereon by overlying the projections and extending behind them. f

29. The combination of a plurality of sheet metal printing members each comprising an embossed strip having edge flanges, and means for holding such strips parallel with'their adjacentflanges outof contact with each other. i

30. The combination of aplateholder having a turned down marginal edge, a plurality of tongues struck from said plate holder parallel to=said turned down edge, an identification card adapted to beheld by said turned down edge and tongues, additional tongues adapted to prevent lateral displace,-

ment of said identification card, said plate CLIFTON oHisHoLM. 

